Scientific Directorate

MISSION

The Scientific Directorate is the center for the coordination of the scientific activity of the Istituto Nazionale Tumori  IRCCS “Fondazione G. Pascale”.
Its mission is to develop strategies and to promote innovative activities consistent with the type of research conducted in the Institute, with a particular attention to translational research, aimed to transfer results from research laboratories to the clinical practice and vice versa.

ACTIVITIES

The Scientific Directorate:

• Promotes and coordinates project funded by the Italian ministry of health: Ricerca Corrente, Ricerca Finalizzata, Conto Capitale; projects funded by public and private institutions: 5 x mille, AIRC, European Commission, the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), foundations, associations, etc., with the help of Administrative Structure for Research for administrative and financial aspects of management
• Carries on continuous monitoring of  the scientific productivity and of clinical trials active at the Institute
• Promotes partnerships and agreements between the Institute and other IRCCS, universities, public or private research institutes (both national and international), the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and University
• Promotes the participation of the Institute to research and development programs funded by national and international institutions, through the Grant Office
• Ensures the protection of intellectual property of inventions created by researchers at the Institute through the activities of the Technology Transfer Office
• Collaborates with national and international institutions through the Institutional BioBank
• Promotes dissemination of scientific information through the Institute's Seminars Committee